Under the warm sunshine, the warm spring breeze blows gently.

Hundreds of sword slaves of the sword shrine stood quietly behind the Dan furnace they had selected.

The breeze brings them the scent of herbs, which is fresh and pleasant.

The sword slaves who came to the assessment were extremely nervous, and their hair follicles secreted sweat, which soon wet their clothes.

Some of the sword slaves even turned pale, as if they were dizzy, and their bodies trembled slightly.

It shows their inner peace.

Because this assessment is related to their future, becoming a disciple of the Dan Hall, they can enjoy the enviable pill resources, and they can refine the pill by themselves to improve their cultivation. You can have greater hope, and one day in the future, break out of the Seal Mountain and escape from the Sword Shrine.

It was through this path that a disciple before Elder Dantang left the Sword Shrine.

It also gave the rest, these young sword slaves, a rare opportunity.

Ye Chong and Lu Shan set off last, and when they came to the peak, most of the Dan furnaces already belonged to them, and they could only choose the two adjacent Dan furnaces that were placed at the end and in the corner.

Under the tense atmosphere created by everyone, even Lu Shan, who was open-minded a moment ago, was nervously wet on his back at this time.

"We should be able to pass the test, right?"

Fat Lu turned his fat and trembling face and asked Ye Chongdao in a low voice.

Ye Chong smiled dumbly, in the final analysis, Lu Shan was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, he could pretend to be optimistic, but it was difficult to suppress his nervous heart after all.

Ye Chong, because of the experience of his previous life, although he also felt a heavy burden at this time, he could still remain calm.

He stretched out his hand and patted the fat man on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, you are so good at cooking and cooking, and there will definitely be no problem with such a trivial matter as alchemy." ”

"Well, you're right! I'll make a monkey for him!" Fat Lu nodded solemnly, an unnatural smile on the corner of his mouth, but the tension finally decreased a lot.

All he needed was a word of comfort from a friend, or a tease.

Suddenly there was a soft cough from ahead.

Ye Chong and Lu Shan, as well as all the sword slaves who came to the assessment, all looked up at the steps at the entrance of the Dan Hall.

An old man with a white beard was standing in the middle of the steps. He was wearing a white elder's robe with a purple flame mark on his eyebrows, and several black flame totems were embroidered on his chest.

This Dantang elder has a bit of an otherworldly temperament.

I saw him caressing his long beard, and his voice was as loud as that of a man in the prime of life: "Alchemy is an errand that tests talent, spiritual roots, patience, and wisdom, and if you want to become a real elixir master, you need not only these, but also the most critical insight, the grasp of fire, and the understanding of spiritual patterns, which cannot be practiced in one day." ”

Of course, for a lot of stupid people, they may not have this kind of insight in their lifetime. Our assessment is a test of your insight. I will only demonstrate the process of alchemy and seal carving spirit patterns once, and you only have this one chance, and how much you have comprehended will be reflected in your works. Those who can successfully refine the elixir in the shortest possible time will become a Dan disciple of the Dan Hall, and if he is extremely talented, I will also accept him as a personal disciple, I hope you can seize this opportunity, because you only have such a chance in your life. ”

At this time, two Dan disciples of the Dan Hall had already moved a Dan furnace and placed it in front of the Dan Hall Elders.

Like all the Dan furnaces, it is the lowest-level bronze Dan furnace.

All the sword slaves under the steps held their breath at this moment, dilating their pupils.

"Look!"

Elder Dantang glanced at everyone lightly, then leaned over and began to light the fire.

Underneath the Dan furnace, there are stacks of carbon crystals, which are extremely precious fuels.

A roaring flame ignited beneath the Dan furnace.

Gradually, under the scorching fire, the Dan furnace began to change a little.

The structure of the Dan furnace is simple, with a rack below to hold fuel, and a stove to hold elixir at the top.

At this time, the part of the furnace that is in direct contact with the flames slowly becomes transparent.

The sword slaves below all showed a look of surprise, it seems that the material of this Dan furnace is not just as simple as bronze.

So they worked harder to see every movement of the Dantang elders, as well as every change in the Dan furnace.

Immediately afterwards, a subtle popping sound was remembered on the Dan furnace, and the entire furnace became transparent at the bottom and red like a soldering iron at the top.

At this moment, Elder Dantang lifted the lid of the furnace tripod, grabbed the elixir from the side, pincered it with two fingers, and threw it into the furnace tripod rhythmically.

The sound of the elixir being boiled dry suddenly came from the furnace ding, and through the almost transparent bottom of the furnace ding, you can see that all the elixir has turned into spiritual juice, and magically begins to merge with each other in the furnace ding.

After all the elixirs were thrown, the Dantang Elder immediately leaned down.

He began to use the palm of his hand, constantly in front of the fire, sitting out of thin air to "push" the motion.

Then the fire on the carbon crystal swung back and forth with his palm, suddenly left, suddenly right, suddenly rising, and suddenly disappearing.

He's controlling the fire.

In the crowd, Ye Chong's eyes narrowed slightly, he leaned his head close to Lu Shan, and whispered in his ear: "Pay attention to his eyes." ”

At this time, most of the sword slaves were staring at the movements of the Dantang Elder in surprise or surprise.

Without noticing, his eyes kept looking at the top of the furnace.

At this time, above the furnace ding, wisps of white steam were swirling.

But the steam rose straight up like wolf smoke on the battlefield.

And the air column of the steam is getting thicker and thicker.

When Lu Shan saw this scene, he frowned slightly, and his small eyes narrowed slightly, thoughtfully.

The corners of Ye Chong's mouth already showed a hint of a smile.

Just when the steam column was as thick as a person's forearm, Elder Dantang suddenly flicked his sleeve hard, and the flames on the carbon crystal disappeared in an instant, and at the same time, he got up and closed the lid of the furnace again.

There was a crisp bang.

The white column of vapor was also pressed down by the lid.

Then Elder Dantang reached out and stroked his long beard with satisfaction, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

The sword slaves below didn't dare to close their eyes in the same way, they all stared at the bottom of the transparent furnace.

After the elixir was fused, it began to solidify little by little, but until it was completely condensed into a pill, the eyes of the Dantang elders did not open.

A continuous buzzing sound began to erupt from within the Danding.

About half an hour passed.

When all the sword slaves stood impatiently, Elder Dantang's eyes that were full of essence suddenly opened.

He flicked open the lid on the stove with one finger.

Then there was a pop in the furnace, and in an instant, a thick white column of air rushed straight up.

And above that pillar of qi were two condensed pills!

Elder Dantang waved his long sleeves, wrapped the pill into his sleeve, and then took out one pill, pinched it with the index finger and thumb of his left hand, and took out a feather from his body with his right hand.

It was like a crane feather.

Then he used that crane feather to carve a spirit pattern on the elixir.

Coherent!

It took only an hour, and a spirit pill shining with spirit patterns appeared in the hands of the elders of the Dan Hall, in front of everyone's eyes.

Of course, the amount of pills he had to refine at one time on weekdays was much larger, and this time it was just for demonstration.

Just when many people were looking confused, puzzled, or unintelligible, and were thinking about it, Elder Dantang had already cleared his throat and said, "You can start." ”

"Here we go!"

Many of the sword slaves let out a sigh, and the doubts on their faces turned into bitterness.

Of course, there are also people who smile and start igniting the fire the moment the start is announced.

Qi Huang was the first to ignite the fire.

His position was diagonally in front of Ye Chong and Lu Shan, and he shook his head at this time, obviously very confident in alchemy.

"Do you understand?"

Lu Shan looked at Ye Chong with a strange expression.

Ye Chong nodded, then shook his head again, he also showed a wry smile at this time, and said, "Some understand, some ...... Let's try it ourselves, three hours, and even if we fail in the meantime, we can start again. ”

Lu Shan nodded helplessly, "Okay, this elder is really too tricky!"

As soon as his words fell, he heard the elders shouting at the audience: "No exchange of ears, no private communication, if there is any more mutual discussion, directly announce the exit." ”

Lu Shan suddenly pursed his lips and squatted down.

Ye Chong also leaned over and lit a fire with tears and laughter.

Except for a very small number of sword slaves who were still struggling to recall the alchemy method demonstrated by the elder before, most of them also began to ignite at this time.

It can be seen that most of these people are also half-aware and want to find out the true knowledge in practice.

It didn't take long for many people's Dan furnaces to change, and the furnace dings became transparent under the scorching of carbon crystals, and then they got up, lifted the lids, and threw the elixir they had prepared into the furnace according to the Dan prescription.

None of this is too difficult to operate.

Next, there are already people who are at a loss.

They don't know how to control the heat, what kind of heat is right.

But some people have begun to spread out their palms, and under the stove, they are swinging their palms against the flames, and "pushing" back and forth.

Some of these people are focused, and some of them are just drawing scoops on the gourd.

Surprise soon followed.

Some have straight columns of steam above the stove, while others are disorganized.

Ye Chong and Lu Shan belong to the former.

Then, as the first person to start lighting the fire, Qi Huang had already extinguished the fire and closed the lid.

Then the people next to him also learned from him to close the lid.

The steam column on the man's furnace was still disordered.

At the moment when the lid was just closed.

Bang!

Like thunder, it shook many sword slaves.

The man's face was gloomy and miserable. The furnace in front of him exploded.

"You're out. ”

Immediately, a disciple of Dantang came to invite the sword slave next to Qi Huang out.

It turns out that it's not a failure to start over, this furnace is going to explode!

When everyone saw him leave, their eyes were still full of confusion, and their backs were trembling.

Then more people were in a hurry, because obviously the lid could not be closed casually, and they did not know whether they should cover it or not.

Cover it, in case the Dan furnace also explodes, wouldn't it be eliminated directly? But if you don't cover it, it's not a way, Elder Dantang has demonstrated, and this lid will have to be covered after all.

Their hearts are messy.

At this time, there was another person who raised the fire earlier and put the lid on.

It has attracted a lot of attention.

The moment I saw him close the lid, it seemed that everyone's heartbeat was at the same frequency.

However...... There was no frying.

The sword slave breathed a sigh of relief.

The other sword slaves cast envious glances one after another.

Then a few more people closed the lid, some of them were gambling with an adventurous attitude, and some of them seemed to be a little confident and their faces were very calm.

Then the former basically blew up, and the latter, mostly unharmed.

It wasn't until most of the people realized that if they delayed any longer, they were afraid that the pill would not be refined, so they gritted their teeth and closed the lid of the furnace.

Time.

The sound of banging at the entrance of Dantang was endless, like firecrackers.

Most of the sword slaves will face the situation of being eliminated at this moment.

Just when the explosion was at its most intensive, Ye Chong and Lu Shan glanced at each other, and on the furnace in front of them, there were already columns of steam as thick as small arms.

The two of them put out the fire at the same time, got up, and closed the lid of the stove.